I had a kite like that once. Well, similar. OK, not really. The only similarity between that and mine was that mine also had streamers and two strings with which to control it. I think I paid about 60 dollars for it. It was _very_ fun to fly. The level of control that you have allows you to do so many things you just don't associate with 'kiting'. Well, I didn't. My entire knowledge of kites until I bought that one was limited to the one-string variety. I don't think I could exhibit the skill that the person you mention had, though. I remember crashing into the ground often.